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- I believe this Anna Welden is the same one mentioned in the following Will of Elizabeth Wytham (nee Welden) of Bratonbye (near Barton)
In the name of God, Amen. 12 September 1559, I Elezabethe
Wytham of Bratonbye within the pariche of Barton in y e countye
of Yorke, wedowe* - my bodye to be bured within the church
of Saynt Cuthbert nye unto my husbande. Inprimys I bequethe
unto Sir Thomas Wylson v s. Item I bequethe unto Wylliam
Wytham a cowe and fyve merke y l he awes me for y e reparations
of his howsys. Item I bequiethe unto Thomas Cowrewen and
hys wyffe ather of them a Franshe crowne. Item I bequethe unto
Clarye Welden a cowe. Item I bequethe unto Anne Welden a
cowe. Item I bequethe unto Wylliam Wytham wyffe my last
mayd gowne. Item I bequeth unto my brother Welden f wyffe
a blake gowne welted with velvett. Item I bequethe unto Eobert
Hobson wyfe a blak kyrtle. Item I bequethe unto Eobert Welles
wyfe another blake kyrtle. Item I bequethe unto Mr. Anthony
Catheryke halfe a angell. Item I bequethe unto Wylliam Witham
a Franshe crown, whome I make the supervyours of my wyll.
Also the resydewe of all my goods unbequied I geve unto my
brother sonne Edwarde Welden, J whome I mayke my full exe-
cutor. In wytnesse hereof, Mr. George Catheryke, Sir Thomas
Wylson, Robert Wylde, Peter Mansell, and Anthony Wylde.
* The testatrix was the widow of Mathew Witham of Brettanby, whose will we
have before given. Her maiden name was probably Weldon. For more particulars about her family see the wills of her husband and her son-in-law William Witham, which are given above.
+ The Weldons were a family of gentry, probably of Northumbrian extraction, which settled at Colborne, in the parish of Catterick. John Weldon of Colborne, gentleman, who was perhaps the brother of the testatrix, by his will dated on the last of April, 1563, leaves to his son Edward " a sygnet of gold weing xl s., paing to iche of his thre brethren (Robert, William, and Thomas Weldon) ten shillings for there porcions thereof;" and he also makes Isabel his wife his executrix. In his Inventory, made 17th January. 1563-4, "a standing bedstead corded with a sparver of dernex and courtens," is valued at xiij s. iiij d.
X Of Colborne, gentleman. In his will, dated on the 14th of March, 1581, he
mentions his two nieces Elizabeth and Anne Weldon, his own daughters Elizabeth and Isabel Weldon, his brother Thomas Weldon, and his wife Dorothy. He also makes provision for the maintenance of his son Francis at the grammar-school and university, and makes the " worshipfull Raphe Lawson of Burghe, esq., and Elizabeth his wyfe, his singuler frends," his supervisors, begging " there worshippes to vouchsafe for Ciod's sake and the consanguinitie betwixte them to take paynes."
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Abt 1540 - 1566 (26 years)